Armenian parliament Speaker urges President to issue pardon for Sasun Mikaelyan

Armenian parliament Speaker urges President to issue pardon for Sasun Mikaelyan
April 29, 2011 - 17:16 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan applied to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with a request to issue pardon for former parliament member Sasun Mikaelyan.

“I join the offer of the parliamentary coalition’s political forces. Being concerned over the health state of our former colleague, I urge you to consider the possibility of issuing pardon for him,” reads the statement of Abrahamyan.

Mikaelyan has been convicted in the March 1 case. He was accused of riots organization and illegal weapons possession. Currently, Mikaelyan is in prison.

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